On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 14:04:22 GMT, wrote:

On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 11:38:33 +0000, ipse dixit wrote:


That's no guarantee that the farmer won't finish
his beef in a feedlot on grains far from home
later on in the year.

If someone happens to eat beef like that it wouldn't
really matter anyway

It does matter when farmers lie to their customers,
whatever you believe.

Farmers are notorious liars

Veg*ns like yourself are the most dishonest people
I've ever had anything to do with.

Your opinion of vegans matters nothing, Harrison.

Farmers have always
been honest even when it hurts.

Then why do they intentionally infect their own
cattle with painful, deadly diseases? That's not
being "honest even when it hurts", and neither
is their lying to customers which YOU think
"wouldn't really matter anyway."

[A huge increase in compensation payments being
made for brucellosis infected cattle in Northern
Ireland has been criticised by a Stormont Assembly
committee. The Public Accounts Committee said it
was greatly concerned at the increased payments
and the evidence that some

*farmers were deliberately infecting their herds.*

In a report published on Tuesday, the committee said
there was evidence in five cases where farmers
deliberately introduced the disease to take advantage
of the compensation on offer.]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/1787931.stm

[LONDON, England (CNN) -- The British government's
hope of eradicating foot-and-mouth disease suffered a
setback amid reports that it may have been spread
deliberately.

Rumours have circulated for months that unscrupulous
farmers have been approaching those in the industry
offering infected animals to generate generous
compensation claims.

Last week a farmer in Pembrokeshire, west Wales,
notified authorities saying she had received a telephone
call from someone demanding £2,000 cash in exchange
for infecting her animals with the disease.]
http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe...britain.sheep/

[THE Government is investigating allegations that
farmers are deliberately infecting their sheep and cattle
with the foot and mouth virus to claim compensation far
in excess of their market value.

Some evidence has already been found in Cumbria,
where rumours have been circulating about infected
ears and tails from farms stricken with foot and mouth
being offered to owners of healthy livestock.

At least one suspect lamb's tail has been found on a farm
in the area. Officers of the Department for the Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs' investigation unit are looking into the
find and police will be called in if the unit is satisfied there is
a case to answer.]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../30/nfnm30.xml

You might think farmers are "honest even when it hurts",
even while lying to their customers and infecting their
own cattle, but don't expect me to.